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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 13, 1990Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 1990, 5:00 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1990, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1990, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1990-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1990-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 132301
FFWABQ
NMC043-140000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
500 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SANDOVAL COUNTY
 
AT 450 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED  VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALGONDONES AND NEAR JEMEZ PUEBLO. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH.
 
AT 445 PM MDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED 1.10 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT
PENA BLANCA...JUST SOUTH OF COCHITI LAKE...ALONG WITH MARBLE SIZE
HAIL.  THE SANDOVAL SHERIFF OFFICE ALSO REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND
HAIL IN THE SAME AREA.
 
THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE RIVER..CREEKS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS TO
RISE RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.  PERSONS SHOULD NOT DRIVE
THROUGH RUNNING WATER.   PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo52 min
Jul 13, 5:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval3 hr
Jul 13, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval62 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.